17. NPC

After painstakingly defeating The Mighty Beast, Shiro rushed towards the source of the sound that was increasingly clear from where he was now.

Some time later after he managed to get out of the forest, from a distance visible clouds of smoke coming from a village that is on the edge of the forest. Without the slightest hesitation Shiro continued to set foot running toward the village.

After he arrived in front of the village gate, Shiro saw a group of Monkey Warriors who were fighting against the royal soldiers. "NPC..?" Although a little disappointed because the source of the shouting was not from the players, but he still ran through the village gate to help them.

Without further ado, Shiro immediately began slaughtering the herd of monsters that attacked the village and helped the royal soldiers who were on duty to guard the village.

"Senshi?!" said one of the soldiers who saw Shiro easily finish off the flock of Monkey Warriors who attacked him.

"Really? Where??" said another soldier who seemed happy to hear that.

Seeing the opportunity to improve the morale of the soldiers, a royal captain shook his sword to the side to surpass the slash of the Monkey Warrior and then shouted in a loud, firm voice, "All of you!! Raise your swords!! Senshi is coming to help us!"

The royal soldiers who had been constantly suppressed by the Monkey Warrior were now enthusiastic when they saw the figure of Shiro who came to help them.

Shiro's presence in the war not only had a positive impact on the morale of the royal soldiers, the citizens also began to dare to fight back the herd of Monkey Warriors who were looting their homes.

Shiro's current ability is strong enough to kill the Monkey Warrior with one to two slashes. They easily cleared the area in front of the village from the monkey's attacks.

"Hey!! Take care of your friends who are seriously injured, and for those who are still able to fight, come with me!" While drinking several health potions, Shiro ran down the corner of the village with the royal soldiers who followed him from behind.

By using his main weapon and a sword he had picked up earlier, Shiro ran to approach the flock of Monkey Warriors who were attacking the citizens.

In less than 20 minutes, the royal soldiers led by Shiro were able to drive away the remaining herds of Monkey Warriors from the village. They were happy when they saw the herd of monsters running helter-skelter leaving the village and back into the forest.

Thanks to the struggle of the royal soldiers and a little help from Shiro, Bae village was saved from the Monkey Warrior's attack. However, both on the part of the royal soldiers and the citizens, the number of victims that fell among them was quite a lot. Understandably, the difference in their strength with the herd of monsters that attack the village is quite significant. If only Shiro had not come, then it was certain that a massacre would definitely occur in that village.

In Emross World, an ordinary NPC on average is still at level 1 and only has CP around 100 points. Adult men generally have a CP of 100 points, while children and adult women usually have a CP of less than 100 points. Those who have CP above 100 are hardworking NPC types, and usually they will join the military or research team to practice and study with the facilities provided by the kingdom. However, after they trained hard to become a reliable soldier, their strength could not be increased much. The average level of the Mataram soldiers was only able to reach levels 4 to 7 which only had CP of 400 to 700 points.

While the Monster that had just invaded the village had a strength of 2,000 CP, and their number was also 3 times greater than the number of royal soldiers who were guarding the village.

That is why the Senshi is always regarded as a hero by the locals, no matter if the level of the Senshi is still very low. For local residents the Senshi is a great figure who comes from another world who has extraordinary powers that exceed the strength of the Monsters, and they are also a guardian figure of the Mataram kingdom that has existed since hundreds of years ago.

33 soldiers and 59 residents were killed in the attack. The residents were seen crying while lamenting their families who had died. At this time... The atmosphere in the village looked very bleak, like a dead village shrouded in puff of smoke and cloudy sky.

After everything had calmed down a bit, the residents who were assisted by the soldiers gathered the bodies of the victims in one place to be buried later. While Shiro who was sitting on one of the porches only stared at them with a flat face. "Are they really an NPC...?" Although in this world he had several times met with NPCs, but this was the first time he had seen such a tragic tragedy.

Shiro could only remain silent thinking about the NPCs who have deep feelings like human beings. Until finally came a royal soldier who approached him and woke Shiro from his reverie. "They are good people, that's why I want to be assigned to a remote village like this." said the soldier looking at the crowd of people who were working together to collect bodies.

Shiro turned his head towards the soldier and saw a royal soldier who looked quite different from another soldiers. He wore a full plate armor that was quite sparkling with Common qualities and a Rare quality weapons.

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NPC Status : Captain

Level : 25

XP : 327/51,000

Power : 26,280 CP

HP : 1,400 (+280)

MP : 200

ATK : 400 (+12,500)

DEF : 500 (+11,000)

STA : 30/120

Speed : 12 Meters/Second

Recovery :

-HP : 25/Minute

-MP : 25/Minute

-STA : 12/Hour

Skill : Sword Slash

Accessories : (Level 2) Topaz: +HP 20%

Equipment :

- [Rare] Sparrow Dagger (LongBlade) : +5,000 AP (Dura 281)

- [Rare] The Scolopendra Spear (Spear) : +7,500 AP (Dura 226)

- [Common] Baron Armor : +4,000 DP (Dura 112)

- [Common] Baron Gauntlets : +2,000 DP (Dura 127)

- [Common] Baron Faulds : +2,500 DP (Dura 187)

- [Common] Baron Greaves : +2,500 DP (Dura 198)

Note : Royal captains who are loyal to the king and dare to die to protect their homeland.

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Sword Slash is the only Skill possessed by soldiers at the captain's level, a skill that concentrates all power in one strike to slash an enemy. This skill deals 250% damage to the total attack they have, and generally can only be used twice a day.

The status display of the soldier appears. Shiro was not too surprised to see the status display of the captain that was different from the NPCs he had seen before, because indeed in the game there was usually a strong NPC figure, there were even NPCs that were stronger than the players.

Shiro looked back at the residents, and with a deadpan expression he said, "When humans lose their families, will they really look that pathetic?"

"Isn't that a natural thing? Because family is our place to go home. When you are tired of facing the cruelty of the world, and if you no longer have a place to go home, you will surely be sad right?" The captain replied in quite polite language.

"A place to go home... huh?" Shiro did not understand what the NPC was talking about, because for him.. The figure of his family was the only thing that he always wanted to avoid.

--Next Chapter : (Volume 2. Conquest of the Mataram kingdom) 18. Incoming Alert!--